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1 @c This summary of BFD is shared by the BFD and LD docs.
4 When an object file is opened, BFD subroutines automatically determine
10 BFD reads from different sections of the file and processes them.
12 tables.  Each BFD back end provides a routine for converting
16 relevant BFD back end which reads and converts the table into a canonical
19 another BFD back end routine is called to take the newly
23 * BFD information loss::	Information Loss
24 * Canonical format::		The BFD	canonical object-file format 
27 @node BFD information loss
31 supported by BFD do not provide identical facilities, and
49 @emph{Information can be lost during canonicalization.} The BFD
52 representation internally.  This means that the BFD back ends
57 format and writes another.  Each BFD back end is responsible for
58 maintaining as much data as possible, and the internal BFD
59 canonical form has structures which are opaque to the BFD core,
61 the canonical form is generated for BFD and the application. At the
65 BFD core as well as the information it prepared earlier.  Since
73 @subsection The BFD canonical object-file format
81 @cindex BFD canonical format
98 information, various flags, and pointers into other BFD data
104 bits.  When a BFD back end reads in a symbol table, it relocates all
108 for the BFD back end.  Since the symbol points to the original file, the
127 Each canonical BFD relocation record contains a pointer to the symbol to